Women's Basketball

Velasco Named MAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week

MAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week
Amy Velasco, Bowling Green, Guard
Junior, Centerville, Ohio (Centerville)

Amy Velasco averaged 25.0 points as the Falcons won a pair of games on the road last week. Velasco also averaged 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and a team-leading 3.0 steals as BG picked up wins at Akron and Northern Illinois. 

In the Akron game, she scored 18 points while adding five rebounds and four assists. Then, at NIU, Velasco exploded for a career-high 32 points, scoring 15 of those points in the fourth quarter alone. In addition to points, she also set a new career standard with six steals. She hit four three-point field goals in the win, and was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free-throw line, adding four rebounds and three assists. 

Velasco was 4-for-4 from the field and 6-of-6 from the line in that fourth period, and her 15-point total was just two away from tying the school record for points in a quarter. Velasco was a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line in the two wins, and went 6-for-13 (46.2%) from the three-point line on the week.

2023-24 MAC Women’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1: Reagan Bass, Akron, Forward
Week 2: Reagan Bass, Akron, Forward
Week 3: Reagan Bass, Akron, Forward
Week 4: Reagan Bass, Akron, Forward
Week 5: Corynne Hauser, Kent State, Guard
Week 6: Morgan Sharps, Bowling Green, Guard
Week 7: Ally Becki, Ball State, Guard
Week 8: Chellia Watson, Buffalo, Guard
Week 9: Ally Becki, Ball State, Guard
Week 10: Chellia Watson, Buffalo, Guard
Week 11: Ally Becki, Ball State, Guard
Week 12: Chellia Watson, Buffalo, Guard
Week 13: Chellia Watson, Buffalo, Guard
Week 14: Chellia Watson, Buffalo, Guard
Week 15: Quinesha Lockett, Toledo, Guard
Week 16: Amy Velasco, Bowling Green, Guard